HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.1a release notes (AA-RWEYJ-TE, May 2008)

Additional Fabr
ic OS 5.3.0 enhancements
Additional Fabric OS 5.3.0 enhancements include:
• Provides new Fabric OS commands to rename an alias, a zone and a zone configuration. Zone
–copy copies th
e zone object to a new zone object. Zoneobjectrename renames the zone
object.
• Detects and handles a corrupted zone configuration [under /etc/fabos/zone* ]gracefully
instead of rebooting. The switch also lo gs the error in RASLog.
• Adds a new comm
and that provides both the WWN and serial number of the switch. Added
an –sn option to display the serial number. For example, wwn –sn will return both the world
wide name and serial number data
• Provides add
itional information on a faulty por t in Fabric Watch to aid in troubleshooting.
• Enables use of passive FTP to download firmware .
• Enables the customer to specify a quality password policy that prevents the selection of passwords
with consec
utive, identical characters.
• Uses multiple NTP servers with the tsclockserver command for redundancy. For example, if
one site NTP server fails (DR scenario) there is a b ackup that can be reached by the switches.
• Logs a RASLo
g message when a 2.x switch joins the fabric.
• HA failover and user notification occurs on the 4/256 SAN Director when there is a failed
Ethernet chip (Oscillator chip).
Additional Web Tools 5.3.0 enhancements
Additional Web Tools 5.3.0 enhancements include:
• Provides ind ividual error counters for FC ports from Port admin.
• Provides SFP TX/RX power i nformation in DB level from Port admin from Web Tools.
• Provides the Clear Counter feature to reset all counters.
• Provides ability to clear 400 MP Router or B-Series M P Router Blade G E port Error counters using
portStatsClear CLI command.
Fabric OS 5.3.0 fixes
Table 3 lists defects closed in the Fabric OS 5.3.0 firmware release.
Table 3 Fa
bric OS 5.3.0 closed defects
Closed defect summary
Solution
4/256 Dir
ector running FICON with fsmode enabled & DLS on and
port based route policy panics after upgrade from Fabric OS 5.0.x to
5.1.x or 5.2.0.
Fixed in
Fabric OS 5.3.0
Kernel Ops error when counter is overrun during stress to fail test.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
Exception error on 4/256 can occur when performing port mirroring
causing reboot.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
Tstimezone command does not show correct time and date if
configdownload interface is used to update timezone.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
After executing trunk disab le/enable on all edge switches in large
scalability fabric, a 2/ 128 E_port became stuck in Loopback mode.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
Admin Domains enforcement on SID/DID not performed.
Portmirror allowed addition of mirror por t in Admin Domain3
when SID and DID were not port members.
Fixed in Fabric OS 5.3.0
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